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heros
heros
See also: héros
Latin
Noun
hērōs m (genitive hērōis); third declension
- (literally) demigod, hero
- (transferred sense, Ciceronian) an illustrious man
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hērōs | hērōēs |
| genitive | hērōis | hērōum |
| dative | hērōī | hērōibus |
| accusative | hērōem | hērōēs |
| ablative | hērōe | hērōibus |
| vocative | hērōs | hērōēs |
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Descendants
References
- heros in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- heros in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “heros”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- heros in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers